...Why Children Should not be home-schooled? Only few, if any, would disagree with the fact that education is the basis and main reason lifting developed societies from other ones. For that reason, one usually struggles to offer the best educational plans for his child, which contributes into making his/her future life less likely to be miserable. It is at this point that a conflict arises between parents regarding teaching styles and which one could make sure their expectations of their children would safely land on. To be precise, everyone is used to the traditional way of schooling but no one would deny the fast rate at which home-schooling is growing. Home-schooling is a teaching strategy on which parents teach their children at home rather than sending them into mainstream or private institutions. There are over 1.5 million families that choose to home-school their children for multiple reasons. The most common reason for which one chooses to do so is the quality of education, along with other reasons such as religion, disability, or simple objection to the school's environment and teaching strategy. While a home-schooling might seem like the right trend, research detailed underneath show its weaknesses on three essential levels. First, children that are home-schooled might lack social skills that are developed with peer interactions. Second, home-schooled students could get lower quality of education because of their parents' potential lack of qualification...
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...Using material from item 2b and elsewhere assess the Marxist view that the main role of the family is to serve the interests of capitalism. Marxism is a conflict theory which sees all society’s institutions, such as the education system, the media, religion and the state, as helping to main class inequality and capitalism. For Marxists, therefore, the functions of the family are performed solely for the benefit of the capitalist system. This view contrasts sharply with the functionalist view that the family benefits both society as a whole and the individual members of the family. First of all one reason in which the family does serve capitalism, is through the origin of the family. Engels argued that the need for the family arose when society started to value private property. With the rise of private property an organised system of inheritance became necessary. This serves capitalism, because if land and fortunes are inherited, inequality will be reproduced, in that middle class families can pass on more property to their family. Whilst the working class have little if anything to pass down to their family. This goes against everything to do with communism as they believe that property and earning should be shared. Therefore, this shows that the family serves capitalism. Engels also argued that monogamy arose. This was so that the farther knew who their offspring was, so that they could pass their property down to them. This...
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...Sociology & Family Theorizing and Researching 1. Structural Theories a) Materialism & Conflict theory Marx & Engles -changes in family lives reflect material change (ex, the mode of production, industrialization) macro-micro focus -power differences characterize society at all levels (ex, capitalism creates: exploitation of men in the workforce; oppression of women b) Political Economy -assumes the power of the one class over another (social control), capitalist relations of production -a more concentrated focus on how economic and political processes shape society and history and therefore family, families c) Structural Functionalism Parsons & Bales -the social institution of the family - family is seen as a function, and different parts of society helps it move along -the nuclear family performs functions -they saw the families as a main faction, economic support, these functions that happen in nuclear families include economic support -equilibrium, all parts help it work as a whole -hierarchical generations and role specialization within families produces harmony -the different roles that men and women take on, allows the family be a harmony -parsons and bales, gendered perspective on families, families having instrumental roles such as achieving income, feed the family, cloth the family, this would be men 2. Symbolic Interactionism Mead & Cooley - individuals create their own family realities through micro level interactions -from...
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...New right ideology has always viewed state policy as the reason why the traditional family institution is in decline in Britain today. Whether this is an accurate reflection on state policy will be assessed in this essay. Functionalists have always had a traditional view on family ideology where there is a clear segregation of tasks between the man and the women which is seen as natural or God given. But through the introduction of government policies in order to cater for the changing image of the family, functionalists feel that this is causing the nuclear family as an institution to be in decline. They believe that the 1960s and the 1970’s was a big turning point for the decline in familiar ideology as the state introduced policies such as the legalisation of abortion which was seen as women lessening their commitment to the family and the availability of the contraceptive pill. This introduction had a significant effect on the family as it undermined the family as private institution where important decisions could be made. Other policies such as the role of social workers through the local government, as discussed in item B were “if social workers feel that the upbringing of children is not provided properly children could be temporarily or permanently taken into care”. This has an effect on the nuclear family in particular because it means that the family’s privacy is undermined. Functionalists such as Howard argue that the state and the media have made marriage have less...
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...Issue: Bullying Starts at Home Week 8 Assignment 2 Submission Alexandria DeAngelo June 15, 2014 People argue that bullying starts in the home, but what if it’s bigger than that? Some cultures are known for their hierarchy of the family model. The man is at the head of the family; he and his sons are of the most importance, and the mother and children are secondary. This type of hierarchy often leads to bullying that begins in the home, and leaks out into the community, sometimes even an entire culture. What evidence the literature available to date demonstrates ethnic groups, or culturally identified customs that promote bullying behaviors in men? When someone thinks of bullying, a typical image that comes to mind is a school hallway, a bigger kid throwing a smaller kid into a locker, and some belittling phrases. However, bullying can occur in many different forms, and on different levels of severity. In some cultures, men are taught growing up that they are dominant over females. “Many have debated the definition of culture. Overall, most agree with the definition that culture is an acquired and transmitted pattern of shared meaning, feeling, and behavior that constitutes a distinctive human group” (Ayman & Korabik, 2010). As these young boys grow up, become husbands and fathers, these men begin to treat their wives poorly, often bullying them verbally, mentally, or even physically. This bullying can lead to violence. When young children are involved, especially...
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...In the article “A Child Helps Your Career, if You’re a Man”, it talks about how a woman who is a mother earns a less salary than a man who is a father and has to sustain a family. This happens, explained in the article, because the idea that a women become mothers start to give a less effort in their jobs, meaning they don’t work as hard as the men. The article starts by explaining how the ideology of intensive motherhood does not let a woman work as hard than before she was a mother. Ideology of intensive motherhood means that a woman has to be the one at home taking care of the children and house chores. Also, a woman being a mother and a wife at home takes up a lot of energy and time, which means that this should be the woman’s first priority. Therefore, a mother working the same job as a father is earning less because “…they’re more distractible when on the job”. This all means that a woman who is a mother can not have two priorities and that because she has children at home she can not give her full attention to her job. According to the article, this is one of the main...
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...aspect. They are also both structural theories which means that they view the family as part of a system and that people are products of this system. However, functionalism differs to Marxism as functionalists believe that the family works harmoniously and that value consensus exists within society whereas Marxists believe that conflicting views are normal. Functionalists also believe that the family benefits everyone in society whilst Marxists believe the family only benefits the bourgeoisie and capitalism. Another difference between the two is that functionalists believe that the passing on of norms and values throughout the generations is a positive thing in comparison to Marxists who believe this is negative as it spreads a bourgeoisie ideology and oppresses the working class. Engels, 1884, believed that the concept of family changes in conformity to the mode of product....
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...In reading and analyzing these two articles, I continued to reflect on the date of these pieces. These articles span decades and decades of time between them and a clear reflection of how the ideology of family, gender, race, nation and space have evolved. I would take this analysis a step further and argue that even the more current piece by Patricia Hill Collins does not take many aspects views on family that were prevalent at the time that the piece was written. The Marx reader seems very period appropriate with slanted although typical views for the time in which it was written. I found the Marx reader extremely difficult to read. Concepts were put forth in the context of the period but for a modern day reader, you would almost need a translation to decipher. I struggled. A lot. The history discussed in the piece was something I was familiar with. The study and evolution of human society, the make-up and functions of the family unit and men, women and children’s roles in the structure of family have been studied extensively. Obviously this work evolves with time and changes as society does. In Collins piece, she started off with the use the of the term “family values” from the Dan Quayle speech in 1992 (Collins 1998). I was a 21 year old newly married mother of two at that time. I do remember the seemingly firestorm that ensued around that term. Various groups arguing for these so called “family values” and those who were arguing for such platforms as gay rights or...
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...A fairly thorough literature review has been undertaken concerning the topic of brand building for Not-For-Profit organisations. I am attempting to bring together a couple of principles which will explain our approach to the Pro Bono Campaign. PRINCIPLE ONE: BRAND IDEALS Ogilvy are proponents of the idea of Brand Ideals. Millward Brown, also part of WPP, have initiated a measurement tool for Brand Ideals which is said to the “the engine of business growth.” A Brand Ideal is defined as “a higher purpose of a brand or an organisation which goes beyond the product or service that they sell. The ideal is the brand’s inspirational reason for being. It explains why the brand exists and the impact it seeks to make in the world. A brand ideal actively aims to improve the quality of people’s lives.” Here is how the concept of brand ideals is applied in the For Profits sector: * Dove believes that the world would be better if women were allowed to feel good about themselves. * Fanta believes that the world would be a better place if we grew up less and played more. * Scrabble believes that the world would be a better place if we loved words more. * Adidas believes that the world would be better place if people went beyond their normal boundaries. * Coca-Cola believes that the world would be a better place if we saw the glass as half full – not half empty. PRINCIPLE TWO: APPLICATION OF BRANDING IN NON-PROFITS Several Universities, including Stanford and...
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...This sociological analysis will define the negotiation of feminist ideology and the problem of absolutism for gender identity in the public sphere. The gender role of women in schools and in the workplace define important contradictions in the way women are victimized or empowered in comparison to men in the public sphere. Webber and Williams (year?) define the complex role of female employment in the relation to negotiations with males in the domestic sphere. In some cases, women were able to free themselves of the “domestic servitude” by having the father care for children, which often involved negotiating with fathers to take on more domestic responsibilities. These complexities in feminist ideology are also related to the problem of gender identity for Muslim girls that are educated within primarily white Christian schools in Canada. Often, western European “feminist” propaganda has depicted Muslim girls as victims of...
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...Many refer to ideology as the study of ideas, it is defined as a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy or a particular way of thinking and seeing the world that makes the existing organization of social relation appear natural and inevitable (Grossberg, 193). In more simple words, it is commonly referred to as “false consciousness,” originally from politics, ideology refers to the way people think about the world and their ideal concept of how to live in the world. A very board term that has different branches and can relate to many different parts of media; it is a system of values, attitudes and beliefs that are important to an individual, group or society. All forms of media can have a great ideological influence on their audience and most media portrays a dominant message that can define the values and beliefs of an individual or society whether in a positive or a negative way. Dominant ideologies are ideologies that are used very commonly by the media that are sometimes mistaken for reality. They are always reflected in the media, and reflect dominate social relations and support dominant social groups. If those in charge of our society – politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television – can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves. (Zinn, 1991) Zinn’s understanding of ideology and how it dominates...
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...(Christie) Most recently, the Tribune has gone under the ownership of CHNI, a major publisher of newspapers across the United States. Because of this ownership, the Meadville Tribune can use articles written by journalists of other newspapers within the company. Recently, the Tribune posted a series, “Protecting Our Children,” written by journalists at the Sharon Herald. The series of twenty-six articles and videos covers children in the local area surrounding the Sharon Herald (Meadville). The articles discuss issues surrounding children in a multitude on environments—schools,...
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...heterosexual parents with children, one with two parents of the same sex with an adopted child, one with a single parent. But maybe a family could be made of multiple partners; as an example in Judith Stacey’s book with the three gay partners living together. Maybe it could even be a live-in relationship where the partners are not married, as opposed to popular belief. The word family is not restricted to only these instances and can be illustrated in various other ways without a set structure or definition. In the article “American Family Decline”, Popenoe argues that the definition of family is changing and cannot be attributed to just one concept. He argues the state of the changing American family and states the causes for these changes. But due to the complexity of the word he desires to relate family to its traditional view with one father, one mother and the two children to whom they gave birth all living collectively in the same house. According to Popenoe, since the 1960’s up to the 90’s there has been a rapid shift in the percentages of the changing family. He further states that there has been an increase in the divorce rates in the past couple of years, and also a decrease in fertility rates since the 1960’s. Popenoe believes that there has been a decline in the American family, as there was less of a worry about children. Popenoe argues that the changing culture has shown that today the American family is not only thinking about having children. Due to this, the number...
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...for low paying jobs. Often, children were removed from their families because their parents were unfit to support them. The number of homeless children exponentially increased. During the mid-19th century, the Children’s Aid Society was founded to provide support for impoverished children. It sent orphaned children to desirable homes in the mid-west which was known to be the emergence of the Orphan Train Movement. Unfortunately, the goal to help all homeless children find respectable homes was not achieved. Rescued children became victims of exploitation...
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...gender role for men and women. That saying a “Women’s place is in the home”, that belief has been in our make up for generations. When the Industrial revolution arrived things changed, it’s transformed the idea of work to outside the home. The result eventually transforms society as a whole. The industrial Revolution is without question one of the most important transformation in human history. With the separation of job opportunities by gender, the effects that our gender plays in the employment opportunities that are available to us. The text states, “The shift of production from homes during the industrialization transformed men into wage laborers who left home each day for jobs. The decline of domestic production, in turn, robbed women of the role of breadwinning, and left them with the invisible and socially devalued tasks as housekeeping and child rearing. Thus in the wake of industrialization, women found themselves with limited options. Because social norms and job discrimination curtailed their participation in the labor force. “ This Ideology of separate spheres was born among the English upper-middle class, called for the separation of family life from paid work. It held that a woman’s proper place was in the home and not in the workplace, and its man’s natural sphere was not in the home instead it was in the world of commerce. This ideology of separate spheres encouraged men to work away from home and women to confine productive activities to the household. These ideas...
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